You don't need Python to build AI products

Re:You don't need Python to build AI products by lawrjone on Monday February 17, 2025 @10:14AM (#43079773)

I mean, AI is just matrix multiplication, amirite?

Pretty reductive argument honestly. AI services mean that a lot of AI operations are 'just HTTP requests' but it doesn't mean there isn't a huge amount of tooling that you need to work effectively with them.

AI tooling in this case being:

- Fine-tuning - Eval test suites - Observability based around AI interactions

Would you call Lovable a basic app that makes API calls? Or is it AI enough to justify the label?

Asking as they made a move from Python to Go just the other day for similar reasons as in this post: https://lovable.dev/blog/from-python-to-go

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Re:You don't need Python to build AI products by perrygeo on Friday February 21, 2025 @04:24PM (#43133182)

Yeah there a ton of real AI work happening. And there's a number of apps that use the AI work. I don't think you can conflate the two.

Making a web page with Google Maps doesn't make you a satellite data engineer. Doing a query against a database isn't "RAG", it's just a query.

It's an API call, y'all. Making API calls to external AI services is a totally legit thing. I do it all the time. But I don't call myself an AI Engineer.

My advice would be to NOT pad your resume with AI-laden verbage unless you actually work on building core AI technology. If you build apps on AI, congrats, get in line and call yourself a software developer.

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